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爪つめの垢あかを煎せんじて飲のむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example); to learn from someone's example; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
Alt. forms
爪つめの垢あかを煎せんじて飲のむ
爪つめのあかを煎せんじて飲のむ
つめの垢あかを煎せんじて飲のむ
Kanji used
爪
claw
垢
filth
煎
dry-roasted
飲
drink
Conjugations...Used in: 73
Composed of
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
infusing (tea); infusion
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down